PLANTS Profile for Silene latifolia ssp. alba (bladder campion)

PLANTS Profile

Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
bladder campion

Symbol:

SILAA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I

Photograph of Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 68. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.

More Information:

Classification Report
Data Source and Documentation
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Synonyms:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

	LYAL	Lychnis alba Mill.
	LYLO2	Lychnis ×loveae B. Boivin
	LYVE7	Lychnis vespertina Sibth.
	MEAL10	Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke
	SIAL12	Silene alba (Mill.) Krause
	SIPR4	Silene pratensis (Raf.) Gren. & Godr.

Distribution by State:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Distributional Map for Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Related Taxa:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 88 species in Silene, 1 subspecies in Silene latifolia Poir.

Classification:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet


Kingdom		Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom		Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision		Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division		Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class		Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass		Caryophyllidae
Order		Caryophyllales
Family		Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus		Silene L. – catchfly
Species		Silene latifolia Poir. – bladder campion
Subspecies		Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet – bladder campion

Noxious Weed Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Washington:
white cockle	Class C noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

evening lychnis
white campion
white cockle
Silene alba
bladder campion
white campion
white cockle

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE	Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

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